Mike_Tech_questions

Budget (including currency): $1,800 USD (Can be more depending on performance increase) Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: CREO CAD 3D Modeling software CAD Architecture 3D modeling software Cameo Enterprise Architecture SYSML Random assortment of video games Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Purchased items for build: Storage: Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB M.2 NVME SSD GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 3090 24 GB XLR8 Gaming EPIC-X RGB Video Card Case: Lian Li O11D XL-W ATX Full Tower Case PSU: EVGA Supernova 1300W G+ Case Fan: Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack & Lian Li UNI SL120 58.54 CFM 120 mm Fan x7 Items I am considering purchasing for my build (Recommendations welcome): CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor Motherboard: Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard or ASRock B550 Taichi RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 128 GB (4 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler Other: Suggestions? I have also been considering adding in water-cooling to the build. But, I have never done it and I don't know if it will substantially change the performance of the build. Looking forward to hearing your suggestions.

I know that EKWB has some really good waterblocks for GPU's. Does anyone know if there are any compatible with the PNY RTX 3090 card with part number - VCG309024TFXPPB? Have any of you seen videos out there posted yet? Edit: Wanted to add a second question onto this section. Does anyone know if vertical mounting effects EKWB's waterblocks?

Ahhh! I had forgotten about watching this video around 6 months back!!! Still on the fence at the moment for what I want to do. Will keep the post updated as I go.

Honestly, a bit of both. I want to do overclocking for the fun of it and to learn how far a watercooled system can be overclocked. I also think the system will look pretty cool and that is always a plus. I personally don't mind the maintanance required to take care of the watercooling system. As it stands if I decided to go with just an aircooled system I would need to do monthly maintanence and clean the filters. Out of curiosity, you are the second person to recommend a Noctua. Are there some videos out there talking about it that have people so interested?

The watercooling part of the project is mostly because I have never done it before and it looks interesting. I am still trying to decide if I want to try my hands at hard or soft tubing. Some of the designs I have seen have hard tubing. But, I am not sure what kind of tools are needed to make those kinds of bends. As for the monoblock, I had originally been looking at the formula motherboard, where the heatsinks were already watercooled. But, I didn't see a clean way to get pipes from the CPU to them without making it look like a total mess. Also strangely the HERO + the mono block cost less that the Formula with a waterblock for the CPU. I am looking to see if there are waterblocks avaliable for the 3090 card that I have. Unfortunatly, with how limited the stock is world wide I haven't seen reviews for it yet. So I plan on waiting a while till I hear a few positive reviews for custom waterblocks for the model I have. I will take a look at the Doctua d15 when I get home. Thanks for the info. If you have more insight I would love to hear it.

Budget (including currency): $2200? Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Adobe Video Editing, Photo Editing, ETC. CREO 3D modeling software. Videogames of all sorts. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I am building a new PC. I am using it for a few things. 1.) I do 3D modeling as a side hustle. However, I don't make enough from it to buy a quadro. So I went with a 3090. 2.) I co-own a financial coaching buisness, also as a side-hobby for the time being. I need the computer for 4k video editing and content creation. 3.) I want to use it to play games, also as a hobby. 4.) I am aiming to "future-proof" my PC so I don't have to build another one for a decade or so. It worked pretty well with my last computer. Here is my current parts list of what I am aiming to but together. It will be my first time putting togeather a watercooled system. Though currently I am only aiming to watercool the CPU. Anyways here is my current parts list. The CPU is not there currently, I plan on getting the 5950x. Also, I already own the graphics card. So pretend that isn't apart of the cost listed above. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Tessilin/saved/#view=QqrsLk I look forward to everyones input. Though I ask that you be kind. I am still learning and am watching videos from Linus, Jay, Paul, Steve, and Buildzoid to try and make the best educated decision on parts that I can. I do plan on overclocking to educate myself on how to do it, and for fun. Thank you all for your time and patience with me.

Is there a paticular order to this info? I am not sure what this list of information is telling me.

Aside from the better screen refreash rate how does it compare in terms of cooling at peak performance? Are thwre other benifits to using this one comoared to the other spec wise?

So I live in the Alabama area. I don't paticularly care about weight. Battery life is nice, but not nessesary. A good display helps with 3d modelong, and while quadro is great, I have a budget of 1500 dollars. So a lot of the quadro cards are really out of my price range.

@Opencircuit74 On the dell website they only sell 16 GB. But the specs can upgrade up to 32 and newegg is selling it with 32. However, even though it is good. Do you have any suggestions?

Good afternoon Linus Tech Tips Team, so first off thank you guys for the wonderful videos. I have enjoyed many of them over the last few years and continue looking out for new videos all the time. With that said I watched the student budget laptops video and the best of 2018 video and found niether of them answered my question. Now by chance I am a student and didnt expect the motherboard on my laptop to burn out some chips. Unfortunatly Asus says the cost to repair the laptop is estimated to be 700 dollars and for that much I might as well get a new laptop. Especially considering the leaps and bounds laptops have come these last few years. With that said my ideal budget is 1500 dollars. I do 3D cad modeling and also do Model Based System engineering stuff for work. So my first priorety is ensuring I have a laptop that is ideal for these kinds of processes. I would like to have a minimum of 32 GB of ram, and a 256 GB SSD harddrive. Beyond that I havent the slightest clue whether AMD or raydeon Graphics cards are better. But, I also do gaming and plan on doing both work, school, and gaming on the lap top. So here is my question: I am looking at the G515 Dell laptop. The specs look pretty nice and newegg.com has it for a decent price. But, before I make a final decision on what computer to get I wanted to ask you guys and get some input. Is there a better computer I could get for similar cost? I would like a laptop that would stay relitivly cool, since I may be working for hours on end. Or is this the best laptop I could get for this price range?